Marcelline is an
unincorporated community
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in northwest
Ursa Township,
Adams County,
Illinois
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, United States.
Marcelline is located on
Illinois Route 96
Illinois Route 96 (IL 96) is a north–south state highway in far western Illinois. It runs from IL 100 in Kampsville, not far from a ferry crossing across the Illinois River, to IL 94 north of Terre Haute.
Route description
Illinois ...
four miles north of
Ursa and five miles south of
Lima
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.
Bear Creek flows past approximately two miles to the north.
[''Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer,'' Delorme, 6th ed., 2010, p. 47 ]
References
Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Illinois
Unincorporated communities in Illinois
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